Parole denied for convicted Manson follower Charles ‘Tex’ Watson’

LOS ANGELES — A California review board denied parole Thursday to Charles “Tex” Watson, the self-described right-hand man of Charles Manson and a key figure in the Manson family’s 1969 killing spree in the Los Angeles area. Watson, 70, was initially sentenced to die in San Quentin’s gas chamber for his part in the murder of…